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No. 607,721'. Patented July l9, I898. w. A. WHITCOMB.

GATE.

(Application filed Sept, 30, 1897.)

(No Model.)

N0. 607,72l. 'Patented luly l9, I898.

W. A. WHITCUMBL GATE.

(Application filed Sept. 30, 1897.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2-.

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NITE I WILLIAM A. 'WHITCOMB, OF DOWNS, ILLINOIS.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Iatent No. 607,721, dated July 19,1898. Application filed September so, 1897. Ser1a1No.653,601. (Nomodel.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM A. WHITCOMB, of Downs, in the county ofMcLean and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Gate, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description. 2 V

This invention is a gate provided with means by which the. gate may beopened by persons seated in a vehicle or upon a horse, thus avoiding thenecessity of such persons dismounting to open the gate.

This specification is the disclosure of one formpf my invention, whilethe claims define the actual scope of the invention.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3 3 ofFig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the latchreleasing rod. Fig. 5 is asectional view illustrating the means for operating saidlatchreleasingrod and for swinging the gate; and Fig. 6 is a fragmentaryview, partly in section, on the line 6 6 in Fig. 2, illustrating themeans for adjusting the gate to various heights.

The gate 6 is hung on a post 7 by means of a rod 8, secured verticallyto the post and received in openings in plates 9, secured tothe gate.The gate has a hook 10, connected thereto through the medium of theupper plate 9, and capable of engaging any of the staples 11, secured ina vertical line along the post. By these means the gate may beheld atany desired elevation. The free end of the gate is provided with aspring-latch 12, pivotally mounted by means of a plate 13, located atthe upper portion of the latch. The movement of the latch 12 is limitedby a nut 14, secured to itsfree end, and said latchhas a hand-grasp 15,by which the latch may be operated by hand. Secured to the stop-post 16of the gate is a'keeper 17, with which the latch 1:3 engages. The keeper17 is provided with a bow-shaped guard 18, serving to prevent harnessfrom becoming entangled with the keeper.

Slidably mounted on the gate is the latchoperating rod 19, which runshorizontally and vided with a U-shaped plate or clevis 24 at itsremaining end. This clevis 24 is connected by a pin 25 (see Fig. 5) withclevises 26 and 27, respectively rigidly secured to rods 28 and 29. Therod 29 is pivoted to a cross-bar 30, secured between the post 7 and aguide-post 31. The rod 28 is pivoted to the lever 32 for operating thegate. Mounted to swing on the clevis 27 of the rod 29 is a weighted arm33, which has one end in engagement with the pin 25 and which thereforetends to swing said pin leftward (see Fig. 5) and thus to bring the rods28 and 29 in alinement, which movement ofthe rods will have the effectof opening the gate. The weighted rod 33 serves to balance the operationof the gate and prevent the parts reaching a dead-center.

The post 7 is elongated vertically to a point high above the gate and isprovided with two rigidly-secured and diagonally extending plates 34,braced rigidly against themselves and against the post 7 by means of aplate 35, bolted down upon the upper end of the post and extendingbetween the plates 34, to which the plate 35 is also secured. Betweenthe upper portions of the plates 34 the lever 32 is fulcrumed. The outerend of the lever 32 is provided with a hand-grasp 36, and the innerportion is guided to move vertically by a keeper 37, attached to thestandard 31. An additional post or standard 38 is planted apart from thepost or standard 31 and is braced against theposts 7 and 31 by meansofabar 39.

the lever 42 is provided with a grasp 44 by which the lever 42 may beoperated.

By swinging either of the levers 32 and a2, so as to move their outerends downward, the inner portions of the levers are raised, so as tolift the rod 28, bringing upward the clevis 26 of the rod 28 and drawingsidewise the rod 23. This first releases the latch and next,

' through the medium of the clevis 21, acts directly upon the gate toopen the same. As the gate is opened the Weighted arm 33, exerting itsforce on the peculiarly-arranged rods 23 28 29, swings then past thecenter of their movement and holds the gate open. As the parts assumethis position the levers 32 and 42 are raised to their normal positions.Then by drawing down the outer end of either lever the rods 23, 28, and29 and the weighted arm 33 are returned to the other side of the saidcenter of movement and the gate is permitted to close. As the gatecloses the spring latch 12 will automatically drop with the keeper 17.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- 1. The combination of a post, a gate swinging on thepost, a rod connected to the gate, a cross-bar rigid with the post, arod pivoted '01: the clevises.

2. The combination of a plurality of movable rods each having a clevis,a pivot joining the clevises and a weighted rod mounted to swing on oneclevis and bearing against the pivot.

' 3. The combination of a plurality of mov= able members joined to eachother on a common pivot and a weight mounted to swing on one member andexerting its pressure against the pivot.

4. The combination of a support, a gate hinged thereon, a rod connectedto the gate, a rod pivoted to the support, an operating lever, a rodpivoted to the operating-lever, the three rods being pivoted to eachother, and a weight mounted to swing on one rod and exerting itspressure against the pivot.

WILLIAM A. WVIIITOOMB. WVitn esses:

M. E. DOOLEY, I. M. ADAMS.

